groaner n
groaner (T.S. Eliot to John Hayward, 1941, "The Dry Salvages" 'the heaving groaner' in line 34: 'Groaner'. Yes, I was waiting to see what you would make of this. It is the New England word for a 'whistling buoy', which by some arrangement of valves, makes a gr...
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| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/31593 |
| Summary: | groaner (T.S. Eliot to John Hayward, 1941, "The Dry Salvages" 'the heaving groaner' in line 34: 'Groaner'. Yes, I was waiting to see what you would make of this. It is the New England word for a 'whistling buoy', which by some arrangement of valves, makes a groaning noise equivalent, but that would give the wrong effect. I noted absence from OED. This is a pretty problem too.' [inc] pub. 1941 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Not used |
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